Mop or polishing-cloth holder



' July 6 1926.

' A. R. COLE ET AL vlloP OR POLISHING CLOTH HOLDER 2 sheets-5590i 1 Filed Jan. 19, 1925 1k ventorj vqlfred 78a 4 yme's Cole James Jvenr y Fermbee July 6 1926. 1,591,080

A. R. COLE ETAL HOP OR POLISHING CLOTH HOLDER Filed Jan? 19, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventors Q JZfmd lag/mes CoLe abee Patented 1926.

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Application filed January 19, 1925; Serial N o.,3;'f5 tl) 0,- and in Great Britain Karel L25, 19 24 The object of the present invention is to provide a simple form of head adapted to serve as a holder for variousformslof cleaners which can finioved. w v v it Such a holder, whilst it can or maybe adapted to receive a cleaner made up of fabric with fringed edges such as is frequently employed in so-called mops or pol1shers,"1s

' in specially intended for use with dusters,

cloths or the like, a feature ofv importance being the use of means whereby the duster,

cloth or its equivalent can be readily fixed and as readily released to enable it to be placed by a substitute. One great advantage vderivedby the securing means is that no particular shape or size of cluster, cloth, or

. the like is necessary, it. being possible to make use of old fabrics of various sorts as I cleaners.

According to the 1nvent1on,'a holder 1s employed which may be of metal of any de sired shape having one faceor side formed or provided with a housing to accommodate resilient retainers, a duster or the like being held upon the head by stuffing a portion of the duster between the retainers. The head ina-y'beimarginally cushioned as by a-rubber edging, thereby keeping the cleaner fiat and fired tothe head in a more or less self adjusting manner within desired limits. Also the back of the head may be equipped'with equivalent resilient retainers to secure corners or tails of a cluster that would otherwise he loose. Y 7 7 One convenient construction of head is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 being a plan and Fig. 2 an underside view of the head whilst Fig. 3 ,isa section of j the same showing a cluster applied to it.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the head "withrpolishing pad applied thereto, Fig. 5

I peirag a view of the pad removed from the As shown in Figs. 1,2 and 3,thehead comprises a triangular casting a'one face recess which communicates with a pocket 0 that projects from the other side or back "of the casting. This boss 0 may serve as the bearing for a collar d held in place thereon asby a disc 6 secured to the boss the said' be readily secured and re shaken, rinsed, turned and refixedor repreventing creep in use, and a handle may be formed by a hollow centrally arranged boss.

;fingersj"are adapted to wall-of the boss 0.

collarhavingipins fieiigagiiigfM-ked members games-ate apart-tissue normally Held together as by aha'ndle socket'fi, boltsj I nuts j or the like. The head can iii this way rotate in one plane in relation tdth'e handle andthe angle that the latter makes with the head can be var'iedto a limited degree, the:

fork members being say ofsuch a length as to prevent the headturnmg over too far.

that surround a space the entrance to which is, constrictedg If a duster or one or. more layers of cloth or fabric be vlaidover said spring rosette, pressure applied by the finger or by any. suitable instrument can, as

will be clear from Fig. 3, bemade to force the material into the space confined by the springs so that the'dusteror the like can be instantly secured and 'as rapidly removed by a pullf The recess bounded by the projecting rim b,-which latter extends beyond the extremities ofthe rosette spring members houses material of the cluster or cleaner which is puckered in the act ofattachment and forms a thick paddedjface that effectu ally prevents any metallic contact with an article to be dealt with. I

the two being used alternatelyas may be required for window cleaning and the like.

The duster, if large, may begathered around thehandle and be tied there or held "as by a rubber band, but as already ,eX-;

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plained the backof the head maybe fitted Y with spring rosette means such as referred to to secure loose ends. 1 m represents rubber edglng'serving marginal cushion referredto. I

FromFigs. 4 and 5 it willfbe obvious how a pohshingpad or the like may be secured. to

the head, the pad 'n in thisinstance being l r recessed 'to receive the head and having a knob 0 1n the recess adapted to enter, and be gripped by the spring rosette k. whereof has a pr0 ect1ng rim- 6 forming a tainers is are located is preferably of such a size as'to act as a limitingdevice'to prevent a cleaner therein. In other words the spring make contact with the overstraining of the elements when securing 1 tially as described.

' ously modified.

What We claim is .L. A device of the kind described, comprising a head having a flat face with a 1101-,

low boss havinga closed end formed on one side and a flange on the other side, said boss constituting a recess opening into the recess formed by the flat face and flange of the head aforesaid, and a plurality of resilient fingers stationarily mounted Within the hollow closed end upon the base thereof and exending into the recess bounded by said flange which serves to protect them, substan- 2. A device according to claim 1 in which the hollow boss has a cylindrical inner Wall, such wall being normally separated from the resilient fingers stat-ionarily mounted upon the base but adapted to be engaged by'the fingers after a certain movement thereof has occurred and act as an abutment to limit the finger movement and prevent overstraining of the latter. r

Signed at 8 Bishop Street in the'city of Leiceste1;',-Englan(l, this second day of January, 1925. 7

ALFRED REYMES COLE. JAMES HENRY FERRABEE. 

